#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [November 8 E-commerce Morning News]

　　#Laogao E-commerce News# [November 8 E-commerce Morning News] Tmall Double 11 promotes payment application iteration: fingerprint and face-scanning payment will become the mainstream this year; 1919 expands the category and opens up investment food and tea brands across the country; 2018 Double 11 popular industries: high salary for designers and fast demand for programmers; Kuaishou CEO Su Hua: Short videos can stimulate the desire to buy; Wal-Mart China plans to sign a large purchase order of US$100 million...

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　　1. Tmall Double 11 promotes payment application iteration: fingerprint and face-scan payment will become the mainstream this year

　　Recently, I learned from Alipay that blockchain will be applied to Tmall Double 11 for the first time. At the same time, fingerprint and face-scanning payment based on biometric technology will become the mainstream of Double 11 this year. In the eyes of the outside world, behind Double 11, it is actually a war where businesses force technology to be updated and iterated. From the initial online banking payment to fingerprint payment and face-scanning payment, China's online payment has completed a "technical leap forward" in ten years. (Beijing News)

　　2. 1919 expands the category and opens up investment in food and tea brands across the country

　　1919 announced yesterday that it will expand the product categories on the platform and open investment for food and tea brand products nationwide. It is understood that the targets for the tea category in 1919 include: green tea, yellow tea, white tea, green tea (oolong tea), black tea, and black tea; pre-packaged brand products for substitute tea such as flower tea; brand products for drinking water, functional beverages and other brand products. Food investment targets include: snack foods such as jerky, seaweed, etc.; local specialty products such as dried mushrooms, basic condiments, and convenience foods. (Yibang Power)

　　3. Popular industries in 2018 Double 11: High salary for designers and fast demand for programmers

　　On the evening of November 7, 58.com released big data on Double Eleven in hot industry, targeting four major industries: designers, programmers, couriers, and customer service, reflecting market supply and demand. Among them, designers have the highest salary, with Shanghai designers having a salary of 9,311 yuan; programmer companies have the fastest growth, with programmer salaries in Chengdu increasing by 48.49% year-on-year in October; courier demand in first-tier cities has the largest demand, with courier salaries in Beijing companies having a salary of 7,489 yuan in October; Guangzhou is the city with the highest attention of corporate demand and job seekers in the customer service industry. (E-commerce News)

　　4. JD.com has established the Urban Intelligent Logistics Research Institute and will pilot unmanned pipeline logistics

　　At the "2018 Global Intelligent Logistics Summit" hosted by JD.com, JD.com announced the establishment of the Urban Intelligent Logistics Research Institute (Xiong'an). An important task of the institute is to pilot a new logistics plan composed of unmanned vehicles and unmanned pipelines in Xiong'an, and build Xiong'an New Area into a global smart logistics model city. As of now, JD.com has not disclosed further progress in the plan. (Tencent First-line)

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　　5. Kuaishou CEO Su Hua: Short videos can stimulate the desire to buy

　　Kuaishou founder and CEO Su Hua recently said in Wuzhen that Kuaishou’s commercialization is related to e-commerce and does not conflict with Kuaishou’s values ​​and mission, and is done on the basis of existing ones. He believes that the presentation of some products using short videos will more stimulate viewers' desire to buy. Short videos have strong expression skills in many categories of products, but they need to look at the specific category. Some products are not necessarily suitable for video display. Regarding the outlook for the 5G era, Su Hua believes that the arrival of 5G can allow more scenarios to break through the critical point, and short video real-time high-definition interaction becomes possible. (Thunder Emperor touches the Internet)

　　6. Ma Huateng: WeChat mini-programs have the hope to promote the iteration and upgrading of the chip industry

　　On the evening of November 7, after preliminary solicitation and voting, this afternoon, the 5th World Internet Conference released the leading scientific and technological achievements in the world's Internet field on the spot, and Tencent WeChat mini-program was selected. Ma Huateng, Chairman and CEO of Tencent, spoke on the spot, said that the mini program has more than 1.5 million developers and more than 1 million applications, covering more than 200 sub-industry, with daily active users of 200 million. With a large number of applications in the future, the mini program has the hope of promoting the iterative upgrade of the chip industry and gaining more innovation space for chip design, operating system fields and industrial basic capabilities. (E-commerce News)

　　7. JD Intelligent Supply Chain won the World Internet Leading Science and Technology Achievement Award

　　At this World Internet Conference, JD.com's Intelligent Supply Chain Technology Service Platform won the World Internet Leading Science and Technology Achievement Award. As the world's leading supply chain management and optimization platform independently developed by JD.com, the intelligent supply chain technology service platform has realized the intelligence from a single inventory management optimization function to the global, full network and full process. It serves more than 100,000 brand owners, helps traditional enterprises transform into digital, and effectively reduces manufacturing and supply chain costs. (36Kr)

　　8. JD Real Estate launches "Jingpin Apartment"

　　On November 8, JD Real Estate announced yesterday that it will launch "Jingpin Apartment" and will have 30 apartments in Beijing and Shanghai during the "Double 11" period. It is reported that JD Real Estate participated in the room decoration work of Jingpin Apartment. Jingpin Apartment is divided into two types: "light decoration" and "heavy decoration". The coffee tables, bedding and other accessories for lightly decorated apartments come from JD.com, and the home decoration design and home appliances of heavyly decorated apartments also come from JD.com. (E-commerce News)

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　　9. Walmart China plans to sign a large purchase order of US$100 million

　　Walmart China will sign a procurement intention agreement with Danish dairy company Arla Foods at the Shenzhen Import Trade Matching Conference held by the Shenzhen Municipal Government, and the procurement amount is expected to reach US$100 million in the next three years. Shi Jiaqi, senior vice president of Walmart China's corporate affairs department, said: "We have noticed the demand for imported goods by Chinese consumers. They not only pursue the quality and affordable prices of goods, but also hope to buy these imported goods easily anytime, anywhere." (Beijing Business Daily)

　　10. Indian consumers buy Chinese smartphones online, driving a big increase in revenues such as Amazon

　　Festive season sales surged by online retailers Flipkart and Amazon, benefiting from growing demand for Chinese smartphones from Indian consumers. Flipkart's total sales rose 90% year-on-year in October, mainly driven by demand for mobile phones, fashion supplies and accessories. Amazon said that smartphones continue to rank in its largest sales category by sales, with driving forces including Xiaomi, OnePlus and Apple. Flipkart said smartphones account for 70% of online spending during this year's holiday season. (Penguin)

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